Exploring Geography Worksheet

1)PowerPoint What is Kemptville’s absolute location? ______

2)What do these latitude coordinates mean?

  1. Kemptville is ______degrees ______of the equator.
  2. Kemptville is ______degrees ______of the Prime Meridian.

3)Homework. Use Google Earth (download it if necessary) to find the latitude and longitude coordinates of the following places. This is the absolute location.

  1. Montreal, Quebec: ______
  2. Toronto, Ontario: ______
  3. Vancouver, British Columbia: ______
  4. Sydney, Australia: ______
  5. The host city of the next Olympic games in (city, country): ______, Latitude and Longitude: ______
  6. One city of your choice: ______

4)HWFor Montreal and Toronto examine a map in Google Earth or Google Maps and make two statements about the relative location of each that answers the questions: What is Where? Why There?

  1. Toronto: ______
  2. Montreal: ______

5)In the Exploring Geography chapter find and paraphrase (your own words) what each of these concepts mean.

  1. Interrelationships: ______

What is an example of an Interrelationship that takes place in your local ecosystem? ______

  1. Spatial Significance:______
  2. Identify one Pattern that you can see in Kemptville:______
  3. Identify one Trend that you can see in Kemptville: ______
  4. Geographical Perspective: ______

6)Choose one of the photographs (other than the Mountain Pine Beetle in Figure A-1 on page 2 of your textbook). Suggest, with specific examples, how the three key questions and four ways of thinking (see Figure A-2, pg 4 in your textbook) could be used to answer the question posed with the photograph.

End of day one.

7)Poster Paper Group Work Your assigned group will the section in your textbook called, “An Inquiry Project: The Geography of Your Lunch” (pages 9 through 11)

8)As a group discuss in detail and make rough notes for questions 1 to 4 on page 11. This is a brainstorming activity and at least one person must make jot notes.

9)In pencil, make a rough copy on your piece of poster paper of your best answers to questions 1 through 4. Use all of the space on one side. You should make use of visuals, flow charts, and colour to make your answers as clear and informative as possible. NOTE: Your group will be asked to present their information to the class.

10) When your group is finished you should then read the textbook section on The Role of Geotechnologies in Geographic Thinking on pages 12 through 16 and answer the following questions neatly in the geography section of your notebook.NOTE: Be prepared to answer these questions during a class discussion.

  1. Apply It! Page 14 # 1, 2
  2. Apply It! Page 15 # 1-3
  3. Apply It! Page 16 # 1-4

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